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Nov 20, 2022

JFK Signs Bill Prohibiting Racial Discrimination in Federal Housing

Nov. 20, 1962 - By a long-promised “stroke of the pen,” President Kennedy today prohibited racial and religious discrimination in housing...

Nov 20, 2022

MLK on Federal Housing Bill: “Constitutionally Sound, Morally Right”

Nov. 20, 1962 - Negro and Northern spokesmen said today that President Kennedy’s order barring discrimination in Federally aided housing...

Nov 19, 2022

Nov. 19, 1962 - JFK Remarks to Inter-American Symposium

Nov. 19, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks today to members of the first Inter-American Symposium in the White House Rose...

Nov 19, 2022

Paul Winter Group Performs at White House

Nov. 19, 1962 - Today, for the first time in history, a jazz concert was held at the White House. The young Paul Winter Jazz Sextet went...

Nov 18, 2022

Vaughn Meader’s “First Family” Record a Smash Hit

Nov. 18, 1962 - New Yorkers stood before a Broadway record shop on Saturday night, listening to what seemed to be the voice of President...

Nov 17, 2022

Nov. 17, 1962 - JFK Dedicates Dulles Airport

Nov. 17, 1962 - President Kennedy dedicated the Dulles International Airport today in Chantilly, Va. #jfk #airport #history #politics

Nov 17, 2022

President Kennedy Dedicates Dulles International Airport

Nov. 17, 1962 - President Kennedy dedicated the Dulles International Airport today in Chantilly, Va. Former President Dwight D....

Nov 16, 2022

JFK and Khrushchev Exchange Letters

Nov. 16, 1962 - The continuing exchange of private letters between Premier Khrushchev and President Kennedy (pictured last year in...

Nov 15, 2022

President and Mrs. Kennedy Receive Bolshoi Dancers at White House

Nov. 15, 1962 - President and Mrs. Kennedy extended a second welcome to members of the Bolshoi Ballet today, this time at the White...

Nov 15, 2022

Nov. 15, 1962 - JFK Signs Union Program for Fair Practices Statement

Nov. 15, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks in the White House upon the signing of The Joint Statement on Union Program for Fair...

Nov 14, 2022

Nov. 14, 1962 - JFK Toast to West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer

Nov. 14, 1962 - Here is an audio clip from President Kennedy’s toast today to West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer at a luncheon held...

Nov 14, 2022

Nov. 14, 1962 - JFK Welcomes West German Chancellor Adenauer to Washington

Nov. 14, 1962 - Here is a clip from President Kennedy's remarks of welcome today to the Chancellor of West Germany, Dr. Konrad Adenauer....

Nov 14, 2022

JFK and RFK Donate Salaries to Charity

Nov. 14, 1962 - President Kennedy and his brother, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, both donate their Government salaries to charity,...

Nov 14, 2022

President Kennedy Meets with Chancellor Adenauer

Nov. 14, 1962 - President Kennedy and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer held a round of meetings today. Their discussions about the...

Nov 13, 2022

President Enjoys Performance by Bolshoi Ballet

Nov. 13, 1962 - President Kennedy led a wildly cheering audience that greeted a performance of the Bolshoi Ballet tonight in Washington....

Nov 13, 2022

Goldwater: JFK Should Fire Adlai and Three Others

Nov. 13, 1962 - Senator Barry Goldwater (pictured with Eddie Rickenbacker) said in New York last night that President Kennedy should oust...

Nov 8, 2022

JFK Orders Flags Lowered to Half Staff to Honor Mrs. Roosevelt

Nov. 8, 1962 - President Kennedy ordered all U.S. flags lowered to half-staff throughout the world today in tribute to Mrs. Eleanor...

Nov 7, 2022

Democrats Elated Over Election

Nov. 7, 1962 - Democratic leaders from President Kennedy down expressed elation today over their party’s victory in yesterday’s...

Nov 7, 2022

JFK Calls Eleanor Roosevelt “One of the Great Ladies in History”

Nov. 7, 1962 - President Kennedy (pictured in 1960) led the nation tonight in expressing grief at the death of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt...

Nov 7, 2022

South Dakota Senatorial Race Too Close to Call

Nov. 7, 1962 - Votes cast for U.S. Senator in South Dakota will be recounted to determine if George S. McGovern (right), the Democratic...